19 February
Notable Births
Millie Bobby Brown
b. 2004
British actress (born 2004)
Lee Kang-in
b. 2001
South Korean footballer (born 2001)
David Mazouz
b. 2001
American actor (born 2001)
Katharina Gerlach
b. 1998
German tennis player
Chappell Roan
b. 1998
American singer (born 1998)
Jungwoo
b. 1998
South Korean singer (born 1998)
Mabel (singer)
b. 1996
Swedish-British singer (born 1996)
D. J. Wilson
b. 1996
American basketball player (born 1996)
Nikola Jokić
b. 1995
Serbian basketball player (born 1995)
Mauro Icardi
b. 1993
Argentine footballer (born 1993)
Victoria Justice
b. 1993
American actress and singer (born 1993)
Camille Kostek
b. 1992
American model (born 1992)
Cody Parkey
b. 1992
American football player (born 1992)
Trevor Bayne
b. 1991
American racing driver (born 1991)
Christoph Kramer
b. 1991
German footballer (born 1991)
Adreian Payne
b. 1991
American basketball player (1991–2022)
Sone Aluko
b. 1989
Nigerian footballer (born 1989)
Shawn Matthias
b. 1988
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1988)
Skillet (band)
b. 1988
American Christian rock band
Nicolaus Copernicus
b. 1473
Mathematician and astronomer (1473–1543)
Notable Deaths
José Mojica Marins
d. 2020
Brazilian filmmaker (1936–2020)
Pop Smoke
d. 2020
American rapper (1999–2020)
Karl Lagerfeld
d. 2019
German fashion designer (1933–2019)
Larry Coryell
d. 2017
American jazz guitarist (1943–2017)
Harper Lee
d. 2016
American novelist (1926–2016)
Umberto Eco
d. 2016
Italian semiotician, philosopher and writer (1932–2016)
Samuel Willenberg
d. 2016
Polish survivor of Treblinka (1923–2016)
Harold Johnson (boxer)
d. 2015
American boxer (1928–2015)
Nirad Mohapatra
d. 2015
Indian film director (1947–2015)
Harris Wittels
d. 2015
American actor, comedian, writer, and musician (1984–2015)
Kresten Bjerre
d. 2014
Danish footballer (1946-2014)
Dale Gardner
d. 2014
American astronaut (1948–2014)
Valery Kubasov
d. 2014
Soviet and Russian cosmonaut (1935–2014)
Armen Alchian
d. 2013
American economist (1914–2013)
Robert Coleman Richardson
d. 2013
American experimental physicist (1937–2013)
Donald Richie
d. 2013
American writer and film historian (1924–2013)
Eugene Whelan
d. 2013
Canadian politician
Ruth Barcan Marcus
d. 2012
American philosopher
Jaroslav Velinský
d. 2012
Vitaly Vorotnikov
d. 2012
Soviet politician (1926–2012)
On This Day in History
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2021
Mya Thwe Thwe Khine, a 19-year-old protester, becomes the first known casualty of anti-coup protests that formed in response to the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état.
Killing of Mya Thwe Thwe Khine
2020
Nine people are killed in two domestic terrorist shootings in Hanau, Hesse, Germany.
Hanau shootings
2012
Forty-four people are killed in a prison brawl in Apodaca, Nuevo León, Mexico.
Apodaca prison riot
2011
The debut exhibition of the Belitung shipwreck, containing the largest collection of Tang dynasty artifacts found in one location, begins in Singapore.
Belitung shipwreck
2006
A methane explosion in a coal mine near Nueva Rosita, Mexico, kills 65 miners.
Methane
2003
An Ilyushin Il-76 military aircraft crashes near Kerman, Iran, killing 275.
Ilyushin Il-76
2002
NASA's Mars Odyssey space probe begins to map the surface of Mars using its thermal emission imaging system.
NASA
1989
Flying Tiger Line Flight 066 crashes into a hill near Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport in Malaysia, killing four.
Flying Tiger Line Flight 066
1988
A Fairchild Swearingen Metroliner operating as AVAir Flight 3378 crashes in Cary, North Carolina, killing 12.
Fairchild Swearingen Metroliner
1986
Akkaraipattu massacre: the Sri Lankan Army massacres 80 Tamil farm workers in eastern Sri Lanka.
Akkaraipattu massacre
1985
William J. Schroeder becomes the first recipient of an artificial heart to leave the hospital.
William J. Schroeder
1985
A Boeing 727 operating as Iberia Flight 610 crashes Mount Oiz in Spain, killing 148; it is the deadliest accident to occur in Iberia's history and the deadliest to occur in Basque County.
Boeing 727
1985
China Airlines Flight 006 experiences an aircraft upset over the Pacific Ocean, injuring 24.
China Airlines Flight 006
1978
Egyptian forces raid Larnaca International Airport in an attempt to intervene in a hijacking, without authorisation from the Republic of Cyprus authorities. The Cypriot National Guard and Police forces kill 15 Egyptian commandos and destroy the Egyptian C-130 transport plane in open combat.
Egyptian raid on Larnaca International Airport
1976
Executive Order 9066, which led to the relocation of Japanese Americans to internment camps, is rescinded by President Gerald Ford's Proclamation 4417.
Executive Order 9066
1965
Colonel Phạm Ngọc Thảo of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam, and a communist spy of the North Vietnamese Viet Minh, along with Generals Lâm Văn Phát and Trần Thiện Khiêm, all Catholics, attempt a coup against the military junta of the Buddhist Nguyễn Khánh.
Phạm Ngọc Thảo
1963
The publication of Betty Friedan's The Feminine Mystique reawakens the feminist movement in the United States as women's organizations and consciousness raising groups spread.
Betty Friedan
1960
China successfully launches the T-7, its first sounding rocket.
T-7 (rocket)
1959
The United Kingdom grants Cyprus independence, which is formally proclaimed on August 16, 1960.
Cyprus
1954
Transfer of Crimea: The Soviet Politburo of the Soviet Union orders the transfer of the Crimean Oblast from the Russian SFSR to the Ukrainian SSR.
Transfer of Crimea to Ukraine